This compelling film follows one of the nation’s youngest transsexuals and her quest to become wholly female. It will air on BBC1 later this week.

Lucy celebrated her 18th birthday last year. This was the birthday she’d longed for all her life because, at 18, she could surgically begin to become a woman. Lucy was born a male called Richard and wants nothing more than to undergo gender reassignment. BBC Three follows Lucy as she fights to achieve her dream of becoming a woman.

This second Body Image Season on BBC Three follows on from last autumn’s critically-acclaimed success, which gave the channel its highest-ever weekly reach. Lucy’s story is part of a series of new, one-off documentaries, aired over two weeks, examining people’s obsession with their bodies and the way they look.